The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... given me by Mr. Spence's Collections , of which I confider the communication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledgement . * Langbaine's authority will not fupport the dates affigned to Dryden's Plays . These are now rectified in the ...
... given me by Mr. Spence's Collections , of which I confider the communication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledgement . * Langbaine's authority will not fupport the dates affigned to Dryden's Plays . These are now rectified in the ...
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... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn confused and enlarged through the mift of panegyrick . • ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in ...
... given the character , not the life , of Cowley ; for he writes with fo little detail , that fcarcely any thing is diftinct- ly known , but all is fhewn confused and enlarged through the mift of panegyrick . • ABRAHAM COWLEY was born in ...
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... given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feem fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , fince a volume of his poems was not ...
... given fuch early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehenfion of things , as to more tardy minds feem fcarcely credible . But of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , fince a volume of his poems was not ...
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... optata luce fruatur : Sed cadat ante diem , mediaque inhumatus arena . Æneid . iv . 615 . Yet let a race untam'd , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Op- and to have given fome credit to the answer of 8 COWLEY.
... optata luce fruatur : Sed cadat ante diem , mediaque inhumatus arena . Æneid . iv . 615 . Yet let a race untam'd , and haughty foes , His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose , Op- and to have given fome credit to the answer of 8 COWLEY.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. and to have given fome credit to the answer of his oracle . Opprefs'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men difcourag'd , and himself expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. and to have given fome credit to the answer of his oracle . Opprefs'd with numbers in th ' unequal field , His men difcourag'd , and himself expell'd : Let him for fuccour fue ...
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